There are not a lot of comments from teams during the offseason, especially in the downtime between the conclusion of one season and the start of the next league year, so we didn’t every really get to hear much of anything directly from any member of the Pittsburgh Steelers pertaining to the release of cornerback Justin Gilbert in recent weeks.
Gilbert, a former top-10 draft pick of the Browns, was acquired by the Steelers via trade in mid-August when depth at the position became necessary due to injury. Pittsburgh gave up a sixth-round draft pick in 2018 and took on the remaining two years of his rookie contract in the trade, though we learned afterward that it was no longer guaranteed.